Kampai! All about Japanese sake
It's believed people in the archipelago began brewing rice in a simple way some two millennia ago, with a third-century Chinese chronicle describing the Japanese as fond of alcohol.
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Sake bottles are seen on display at the Toshimaya Shuzo sake brewery in Tokyo on December 4, 2024. (AFP photos)
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Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them -- have been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
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